The Indian Emigration Act, 1883, 21 of 1883, (Rep., Act 17 of 1908) · VIII — .

Section 50. _

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

50. `(1)` I n any of the following cases, namely :- Power for Protector to (a) if the Medical Inspector of Emigrants finds order paythat' an emigrant is, or has become, unfit to under- mentcfkxpenses of take the journey to the country to which he has ,,turn of agreed to emigrate, and if the Protector of Emigrants emi, wmnt in considers that the emigrant has not dishonestlv repre- Y `I` cases. sented himself as fit t k d e r t a k e the journey, or (6) if the Protector finds that m y such irregularity has occurred in the recruitment or treatment by the recruiter of any emigrant as makes it just to rescind the agreement to emigrate, or (c) if the Emigration Agent refuses to f u l a the agreement entered into with the emigrant, the Protector may order the Emigration Agent to pay to the emigrant such sum as the Protector deems reasonable as compensation, and, when the emigrant has been registered at a place beyond the limits of the port of embarkation, such reasonable sum `as` is necessary to enable him Jo return to the place at ~ ~ ~ at which he was registered, and may take any steps which he thinks necessary for the conveyance of the emigrant to that place. place beyond the limits of the port o (2) Any emigrant who has been re istered at any f embarkation, and who from his state of health is, in the opinion of the Medical Inspector of Emigrants, unfit to undertake at once the return-journey to the place at which he was registered, shall be entitled to be fed, lodged, clothed and attended to at the depdt at the expense of the Emigration Agent until he is reported-by the Medical Inspector fit to undertake the return-journey. Payment of 51. (1) When any order is made under the last. of foregoing section with reference to any emigrant who dependents and re!atives. was registered at any place beyond the limits of the port of embarkation, any emigrant who has been registered as his dependent, Payment of of dependents or any emigrant who, not .being a dependent, is the father, mother, wife, husband, son, daughter, brother, sister, guardian or ward of the emigrant, shall be entitled - - (a) to be conveyed at the expense of the Emigration Agent with the emigrant to the place at wliich he was registered ; and - ( B ) if the emigrant is unable to travel, to be lodged, fed and clothed in the depdt at the expense of the Emigration Agent until the emigrant is able to travel. (2) Tlle Protector of Ernigitants may include ally sxpci~ses incl~rred i~ndc,i* this section in an order made under tlie last foregoing section with respect to the emigrant. Compensa52. I f it appears that during the journey to the tion to emigrant for ill- depdt any emigrant has suffered any ill-treatment, or trettment that, in the case of any emigrant who has been regisO n J O U ~ ~ p ~ ~ tered at a place beyond the limits of the port of embarkation, the provisions of section forty-seven have Compensation to emigrant for illtrettment not not been complied with, the Protector of Emigrants may order the Emigration Agent to pay- - (a) to the emigrant a reasonable sum by way of compensation, and - (b) if any expenses have been incurred by or under the orders of the Protector on behalf of the emigrant by reason of the neglect to comply with the provisions of section forty-seven, to the Protector the expenses so incurred.

Source: India Code